A raid on the Redcar Bears clubhouse saw the booty trundled away in a wheelie bin - and along the neighbouring karting track.

CCTV footage shows someone wheeling a bin down the Teesside Karting’s home straight at 3.55am today - minutes after booze and other items were taken in a break-in at the neighbouring speedway site.

And not content with one bin run, a repeat performance is captured at 4.40am.

Devastated Bears volunteers turned up at the South Tees Motorsports Park today expecting to continue refurbishment work ahead of the new season, which starts at the end of March.

Instead, they’ve been left counting the cost of the break-in, which saw a window and the bar door smashed and several items taken, including several bottles of booze, a microwave, DVD player and a new flatscreen TV.

Redcar Bears clubhouse (Image: Ian McIntyre)

The raid took place the day before a new alarm system was due to be fitted.

Club officials believe the stolen items were all taken away in at least one wheelie bin.

Bins were later found abandoned near the speedway track and on grassland near the karting circuit.

“Gutted” Bears promoter Kevin Keay said: “It looks like some reprobates have got into the stadium, smashed their way through a window into the clubhouse and ransacked the place.

Brian Gladders is pictured as he makes the building secure (Image: Ian McIntyre)

“They’ve smashed a window to get in and smashed the bar door to get into where they wanted to be.

“Then they’ve lifted all the stuff into wheelie bins, cut a hole in the perimeter fence and made their way out of the stadium.

“It’s going to take time and money to put it right and time is of the essence now.

“But this club is on the up and that’s the way we intend to keep it. It’s a setback but we’ll do what needs to be done before press and practice day.”

Thieves cut a hole in the fencing and used a wheelie bin to take away goods (Image: Ian McIntyre)

Police have been informed of the raid, which director Brian Gladders said had left him feeling “sick” after a similar raid last year.

He said: “We have lots of other things to do rather than mess about with this.

“It looks like they’ve come prepared to do the job - and it seems like they’ve known where they were going.